Shock-absorber



J. W. FITZGERALD.

SHOCK ABSORBER..

APPLICATION FILED JULY 14. 1919.

WITNESS: INVENTOR.

, BY ffjaizm ATTORNEY.

' Be it known that I, JOHN I a citizen of the United States, resldlng at "UNITED sTAT s orrion.

. JOHN W. FITZGERALD, on Kansas. crrr, Mrssotmr, Assrenon; or ONE-HALF 'ro EDWARD KEATINGVOF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 9, 1920.

Application filed July 14, 1919. Serial No. 310,685.

To all whom it may concern:

W. FITZGERALD,

Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shock-Absorb? ers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

M invention relates to improvements in shock absorbers for automobiles, and my object is to provide a simple, inexpensive and eliicient deviceof this character whereby shocks incident to traveling over a rough road are absorbed by the device instead of being transmitted to the body of the vehicle.

eral use, it is more'particularly' adapted for use. on Ford cars, and in order that the invention may be fully understood, refer- Fi re 1 is a fragmentary elevation of the ront portion of a Ford car with the front spring. equipped with the invention. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary. view of one of the automobile springs equipped with one of t g pull downwardly upon the levers 2 and comthe shock absorbers.

Fig. 3 is a cross section on line III-III of Fig. 2.

' of F1 2. g 7 'Referring now in detail to the various Fig parts, A designates the front axle, B the front spring, C the hangers, D the links whereby the ends of the spring B are oper ably connected to the hanger G, E the pivots extendingthrough said links D, and the hangers .C, and F the pivots extending through'the spring B and the links D.

' The foregoing parts are of usual construction, excepting the pins E, which are longer than usual to extend through. certain parts 1 of'the devices to hold them in place. I will now proceed. to describe my invention in detail. 1 designates a plate which rests upon the spring B, it being held in position at one I end by its curved terminal 4 engagingthe adjacent end of the spring B and at its opposite end by depending flanges 5 loosely embracing the sides of said spring B.

2 designates a lever,'preferably, of chan- While the device is applicable for gen-,

. 4 is a cross section on line IV--IV is provided near its opposite end with pro jections 10, for a purpose which will hereinafter appear.

r 6 des'gnates a hook mounted at its upper end on a pivot '8 and extending at its lower end around the curved terminal l of the plate 1.

The plate 1 is provided with studs 3,

which, together with the studs 10 are loosely embraced by supplemental coil springs 12. Normally the lower'end of the lever 2 rests against a shoulder 15 formed on the hanger C, as disclosed on Fig. 2.' In practice, the

parts are so proportioned and arranged that i the hook 6 pulls the upper end of the lever 2 downwardly and thus holds the springs 12 under compression.

The action is substantially as follows: When a wheel of the car strikes an obstruction the .ends of the spring 1 tend to move apart and swing the free ends of the links D downwardly. This causes the hooks 6 to 2 While I haveonly shown the front spring I i Q of the car equipped with the shock absorbers, it Wlll be understood that the rear spring can be likewiseequipped.

From the foregoing description it will a shock absorber embodying all of the advantages above enumerated, and while I have shown and described the preferred arrangement of my invention, I also reserve the right to make such changes in the proters Patent, isz.

In combination with the hangers, links and a main spring of an automobile, levers pivotally connected to the hangers and overlying the mainspring, shoulders on the y be readily understood'that I have produced hangers against Which the levers abut to In testimony whereof I aifix my signature limit1 the upward movement of theb levers, in the presence of two Witnesses.

supp emental s rings interpose etween ,5 g I,

the main spring mndtm levers, and hooks. JOHN FITZGERALD 5 pivoted to the levers and. engaging the ends Witnesses: of the main spring, for the purpose de F. G. FISCHER,

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